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By Luke Petersen, Daily Pennsylvanian Penn and Philadelphia have organized several events for America’s 250th anniversary this summer. Institutions across the city have prepared lectures, art exhibits, and concerts to display American tradition and stories. At the University’s 270th Commencement, speakers hearkened back to the signing of the Declaration of Independence — which eight Penn affiliates signed…

PHILADELPHIA — Penn Global will support 13 doctoral students to conduct globally-oriented research through the 2026 Penn Global Dissertation Grants Program . Launched in 2023, the program supports Ph.D. students conducting international fieldwork and research, enabling deeper engagement with communities, archives, and datasets around the world. The program also reflects Penn Global’s commitment to fostering early-career scholarship that addresses pressing global questions through interdisciplinary approaches.   The 2026 awardees  will conduct research spanning Africa, Asia, Europe,…

PHILADELPHIA — Penn Global is excited to announce funding for 17 new research and engagement projects through the Penn Global Research and Engagement Grant Program. 

“Colleges and universities are one of America’s most ‘enduring public goods,’ President J. Larry Jameson said. Nearly 400 years into its history in the United States, higher education is facing unique challenges, a panel of former university presidents and deans said during a recent discussion of its future through the lens of the past and…

As global attention turns to the highly anticipated Trump-Xi summit, questions about the future of U.S.-China relations, economic competition, and geopolitical stability loom large. Against a backdrop of rising tensions and deep interdependence, experts from across the University of Pennsylvania and the Perry World House network share their perspectives on what is at stake, what…

hree Penn faculty members have been elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS) as part of its 2026 cohort. They are Ezekiel J. Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor; Elizabeth Magill of Penn Carey Law; and Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences. Established by Benjamin Franklin…

The University is kicking off a new series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with a forum hosted by Perry World House on May 15: “Higher Education in the United States: From Origins to Outlook.” Moderated by Graduate School of Education Dean Katharine Strunk and taking place in conjunction with Penn’s Alumni Weekend in Claudia Cohen Hall, the event brings four former university presidents and deans…

Julio S. Amador III analyzes the unusual position that the Philippines occupies in the strategic geometry of the Indo-Pacific. It is neither a great power nor a marginal actor, but a maritime state whose geography places it directly along the region’s principal fault lines—from the South China Sea to the Taiwan Strait and the broader…

On April 22, 2026, Perry World House convened a conference to identify and analyze the ways gender and women’s rights shape the global struggle between democracy and autocracy. The goal of the conference was to better understand how gender “works” alongside and against authoritarianism and to shed light on the strategies, tactics, and narratives that strengthen democratic forces. The…

Perry World House’s ‘Financing Resilience for Ocean Economies’ workshop brought together policymakers, practitioners, and academics to discuss how to close the $175 billion annual investment gap in ocean resilience. Penn’s Perry World House convened a workshop in early April titled “Financing Resilience for Ocean Economies,” bringing together policymakers, practitioners, and academics from Australia, Barbados, Costa Rica, India,…